babel-plugin-transform-react-remove-prop-types is a Babel plugin that automatically removes PropTypes declarations from your React components in production builds. This reduces bundle size and improves performance by eliminating runtime type checking. The plugin effectively strips out unnecessary code after development, ensuring a leaner, faster application without sacrificing the benefits of prop type validation during development. It's a valuable tool for optimizing React applications for production deployment.
The npm package babel-plugin-transform-react-remove-prop-types saw frequent releases between 2015 and 2019, with peaks in early 2017 and late 2018. After March 2019, the package experienced a period of no releases, which continues up to August 2025. The most recent version was released in February 2019.
Babel-plugin-transform-react-remove-prop-types downloads peaked in mid-2025, reaching nearly 25 million in June and July. Downloads have generally been high, fluctuating between 17 and 21 million, but showing a significant drop to around 8 million in September 2025, the current incomplete month.
